Hamjamboni?I thot i should write about some interesting "public advisory"(a very long ad actually) that i watched on american teli' jana. It was entitled anointed handkerchiefs! I thot' this must be another bishop Deya sort.
Turns out his plot is a lot more subtle, almost innocent. The instructions he gives are as follows: (& notice the consistent use of 'please'..)
1.Please send me your name and address, nothing more and I will send you a free "Bible red blood of Jesus" prayer handkerchief, postage paid.
(yes, FREE! so you think "where's the catch..")
2.Please do not tell me what you need or what you are going through. Allow the Spirit of God to speak to me concerning your needs.
3.When you receive your prayer handkerchief, go to a quiet place where there is no one but you and God, then watch God speak into your life.
4.I want you to keep the prayer handkerchief for 24 hours and 24 hours only.
5.Then rush it back to me and when I receive it, I will feel your needs and what you are going through.
6.I will then place it into my beautiful, anointed hope chest and pray daily for you.
...hmm. Didn't get the part where your miracle is revealed on receipt of the small sum of....?
Well, that's because it wasn't there. However, he kindly requests you to visit his website and make an even kinder donation.. to do the work of God, of course, which is in no way tied to the fruitition of your miracle.
But there are no consequences outlined if 4 example, the hanky doesn't make it on time. The Postal Service could be on strike? or if you had the sniffles and (God forbid) used the hanky for more than just pray? will it backfire? I was thinking of raising those issues with him, u know, just in case..
What most people might not realise is that this same ad is seen by thousands of other people, some more easily swayed than others and these guyz end up making obscene amounts of cash.(being fanatically religious is not a bad thing, it's a dangerous one)
No wonder then that u'll hear of cults (even in Stato') where a huge group of 'stable-minded','reasonable',good people on command of their 'leader' can do things as outrageous as giving off all their hard earned possesions and money to these 'fishers-of-men' or worse, setting themselves on fire, to get to heaven!
Such indoctrination can occur especially to people who are emotionally vulnerable, for eg. depressed and very lonely persons.
Those interested in knowing more about the above mentioned's ministry, fear not, i got his website where he accepts cheques as well as plastic, by the way.
www.kerneythomas.org
Moral of the story?
U can make money anywhere in the world,there is always a bunch of gullible folk, ata kama ni Stato'.
Monda,
blogging 2 weeks b4 i leave stato'.
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